Strawman on Fire
In re Ear's views of Limbaugh, I'd just say that it's politically smart for the Dems to portray Rush as their rival. It's a great strawman to use. It incites and mobilizes the very Limbaugh dittoheads that the Dems want to hold up to public ridicule. If the American people have to choose, the Dems want them to choose between cool Obama and angry, rightwing Limbaugh. It's not a bad move -- it's just like the way the GOP tried to make Michael Moore the poster-child of the Dems. It was effective while it lasted. And if Moore had the sustained influence of a Limbaugh among Dems, it would really hurt them today.
As for the notion that Palin shouldn't have been attacked, I'd disagree there. Obama personally didn't need to call her out, but the attention on her unsuitedness seems to have been what forced many fence-sitters (including longtime Republicans) to vote for Obama.
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